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Wednesday, February 22, 2017

Scrap Bin Geese block tutorial

Lately I've been on a kick to try to use more of my scraps. I have a lot saved up, and I'd love to start using them more in my quilts. I designed this super scrappy flying geese block to use some low volume prints, gray prints, and some prints in your favorite color - (right now mine is green) and I named this block the Scrap Bin Geese block.

Here's what you'll need for one block:

12 (2.5" square) green print scraps

6 (2.5" x 6.5") gray print strips

6 (2.5" x 6.5") low volume strips

Step 1: Using a pencil, draw a diagonal line on the wrong side of each of the 2.5" green squares.

Step 2: Lay out all of the block elements as shown above, with the low volume strips on one side and the gray on the other. Decide where you want to place each green square.

Step 3: Flip over the green squares so they are right sides together with the low volume / gray strips. At this point you want to make sure your drawn lines are going in the correct direction (see photo above).

Step 4: Sew directly on the drawn lines.

Step 5: Trim each seam allowance to about 1/4". Fold open each green triangle and press.

34 comments:

It looks like I am the first to comment . . . Well, I must say, thank you for this tutorial. You made it so simple to follow along . . . I have been quilting for four years and still consider myself a beginner. I love trying new things and learning with each quilt and you are gracious and thoughtful to take the time to put this together . . . thanks again & Happy Quilting.Connie :)

Hi Marlene The strips in the photo for step 6 are just placed next to each other and are not sewn yet. When you sew the strips together in step 6, it does create a 1/4" seam allowance at the top of each triangle. Sorry that's confusing. If I could go back in time I'd take another photo at that step to show what I mean. It does work out though!

This is the first time I've seen your blog. I loved your tutorial so much that I recommended it to my own blog readers. You can see my post here: http://quiltersdiary.com/scrap-bin-geese-quilt-block-tutorial/. I hope that's okay.

What is missing after step 6 is that you will have a 1/4" seam allowance above the point after you join the two strips together. It confused me too, but if you make a sample for yourself (always a good idea) you should come out fine. Very cute project!

I absolutely love this block! I've made 3 from my stash and am planning an entire quilt around busting through my scraps. I hope you don't mind but I featured your blog and this particular block in our quilt guild newsletter. The ladies I sew with loved this block when I was making it. Your instructions are great!

I Love your block, and wanted you to know I think you have beautiful color and placement/values. I was thinking of making a quilt just like this recently, and now after seeing yours, I think I will. Thank you very much for the tutorial.